ASSOCIATION
OF
SOUTHEASTERN RESEARCH LIBRARIES
Agenda
ASERL Education Committee Meeting
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
November 19, 2008
Midtown Room
Residence Inn Midtown/17th Street
Atlanta, Georgia
a) Welcome – Julia Rholes, Chairperson
b) Possible Activities for the Coming Year
o Staff Development Grant Opportunity w/ George Mason University
o Summertime Summit Ideas – possibly w/ HBCU Library Alliance?
(also see over)
o Spring 2009 Membership Meeting: Assessment Topics
c) Next Steps/Follow-up Tasks
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Institutional repositories
Leadership---all librarians need to be leaders now: characteristics, skills, and
expectations of current leadership/administration
What our stakeholders want & need--- the role of assessment
Succession and the next generation of administration/leadership
Consortial activities of benefit to ASERL libraries i.e. shared storage of journal
issue back runs, consortial database purchases.
Ethics of information use
leadership and management as a forum.
Scholarly Communication and copyright issues.
assessment of reference desk service and instruction;
managing and retaining the "new librarian";
"new librarian's" perspectives on working in academic libraries, on
management, work style;
organizational structures in public services -- what works?
strategies for faculty retention;
Marketing/Branding or PR?
Job Reorganization and new job titles/responsibilities
Assessment Activities in Libraries (including case studies)
Marketing the Library
Library Advocacy on Campus
Technology Trends.
Future of the catalog.
Measures of Excellence for Libraries.
Outcomes measures for libraries.
New forms of scholarship and how to support them;
Emerging technologies and trends;
Attracting and engaging faculty;
Marketing and programming in the library